In gnu.misc.discuss Alexander Terekhov <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > [...] >> particular letter of his. My sympathy goes out to all Sun employees, and >> I hope things work out for them.
> Well, > http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-business/sun-microsystems-to-slash-3000-jobs-20091021-h7e7.html > (Sun Microsystems Slashing Up to 3,000 Jobs) > "They are the latest in a series of job cuts at the server and software > maker, whose prolonged financial troubles led to the $7.4 billion deal > with Oracle in April. That doesn't make me happy. We could have long discussions about the merits and demerits of capitalism. This isn't really the right forum for that. > Oracle's purchase of Sun is being held up by European antitrust > authorities, who are concerned about possible harm to the database > software market." Yes. They're doing their job. > Ha, regarding "software market"... [ .... ] > It is misleading to describe the users of free software, or the software > users in general, as a ?market.?" > <???> > Care to share your views on that, Alan? No. > regards, > alexander. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
